No Chicken Littles

As I take up my digital pen to offer meaningless insight into the political season thus far, I pause to reflect on positive versus negative. Alrighty, that's done.

The first two days of the Democratic Party Convention are behind us and the difference between it and what we saw from the Republicans last week is stark.

As I've said before, these conventions are heavy on boredom, they're supposed to be. But they are also supposed to be positive and occasionally have dynamic speakers that know how to work an audience. The Democrats are delivering on this. Most importantly they are executing a political convention exactly the way it's supposed to be done.

It is flowing smoothly and that includes the disenchanted Bernie Sanders voters. There's supposed to be disgruntled delegates sulking over their candidate losing and threatening to sit home or take their vote elsewhere. Comedian and hardcore Sanders supporter Sarah Silverman said it best, you Bernie or bust people are being ridiculous.

Bill Clinton's big speech was good but not the fiery tones he normally brings, because it couldn't be. It had to be a more personal and less grandiose political moment. For the most part he delivered the goods. It began with a bit of a cringe considering his reputation around women but after five minutes it turned to what it needed to be, a personal reflection of the results oriented and compassionate Hillary.

This convention has provided some sledge hammers to Donald Trump, as it should be, but mostly it has been about why you should vote for Hillary Clinton. Contrast that with the Republicans last week who gave speech after speech never saying Trump's name and never making a case why he should be voted for. They said Hillary Clinton's name more than Trump and simply bashed her and saying you shouldn't vote for her.

The Democrats have stuck to having nightly themes including time dedicated to the handicapped. The sea of faces is a veritable rainbow of American citizens. Diversity is visibly on display, not just bitter Jesus freaks with an axe to grind about people different from themselves. Don't give me your comments because I mentioned Jesus. There's plenty of Jesus on display at the Democratic Convention cause everybody Ioves them some God talk.

All in all a convention just as it should be.

History will be made on Thursday, if that kind of thing matters to you. I know where I'll be, how about you?